Miguel's War
2021 documentary film
- 16 June 2021 (2021-06-16) (Berlin)
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Lebanon
Spain
Spanish
Miguel's War is a 2021 internationally co-produced documentary film, directed by Eliane Raheb and released in 2021.[1] The film is a portrait of Michel Jleilaty, a gay man from Lebanon who has been living in Spain as an adult under the assumed name Miguel Alonso, as he revisits the childhood traumas that made him want to escape his homeland.[2]
The film premiered in the Panorama program at the 71st Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Teddy Award for best LGBTQ-themed feature film,[3] and took second place for the Panorama Audience Award.[4]
References
- ^ Alfonso Rivera, "Review: Miguel’s War". Cineuropa, March 9, 2021.
- ^ Jay Weissberg, "‘Miguel’s War’ Film Review: A Gay Lebanese Man Strives to Make Peace With His Past". Variety, March 12, 2021.
- ^ "'Miguel's War' erhält Teddy Award". RBB Fernsehen, June 19, 2021.
- ^ Scott Roxborough, "‘Herr Bachmann’ Wins Berlin Festival Audience Award". The Hollywood Reporter, June 20, 2021.
External links
- Miguel's War at IMDb
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Teddy Award winners for Best LGBT Feature Film
- Law of Desire (1987)
- The Last of England (1988)
- Fun Down There (1989)
- Coming Out (1990)
- Poison (1991)
- Together Alone (1992)
- Wittgenstein (1993)
- Go Fish (1994)
- The Last Supper (1995)
- The Watermelon Woman (1996)
- All Over Me (1997)
- Hold You Tight (1998)
- Show Me Love (1999)
- Water Drops on Burning Rocks (2000)
- Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001)
- Walking on Water (2002)
- A Thousand Clouds of Peace (2003)
- Wild Side (2004)
- A Year Without Love (2005)
- The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros (2006)
- Spider Lilies (2007)
- The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela (2008)
- Raging Sun, Raging Sky (2009)
- The Kids Are All Right (2010)
- Absent (2011)
- Keep the Lights On (2012)
- In the Name of (2013)
- The Way He Looks (2014)
- Nasty Baby (2015)
- Tomcat (2016)
- A Fantastic Woman (2017)
- Hard Paint (2018)
- Brief Story from the Green Planet (2019)
- No Hard Feelings (2020)
- Miguel's War (2021)
- Three Tidy Tigers Tied a Tie Tighter (2022)
- All the Colours of the World Are Between Black and White (2023)
- All Shall Be Well (2024)
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